Podcast: Addressing climate change’s impacts on health
In a special edition of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, Northwest Permanente leader Colin Cave, MD, explains why climate change is a public health crisis.
PermanenteDocs Chat on health and the environment
Watch a replay of our chat with Sande Irwin, MD, as she discussed the "Wait, Don't Waste" program and physicians' role in climate health.
Imelda Dacones, MD, discusses health impacts of climate change in Becker’s podcast
In an interview with Becker’s Healthcare founder and publisher Scott Becker, Northwest Permanente’s president and CEO calls climate change “a threat multiplier” in communities already hit hard by COVID-19.
Imelda Dacones, MD, shares 5 steps physicians can take to address climate change on MedPage Today
The Northwest Permanente president and CEO writes that now is the time to leverage lessons learned during the pandemic to implement environmentally responsible behaviors.
Climate change: ‘In our lane’ as physicians
Imelda Dacones, MD, president and CEO of Northwest Permanente, says physicians have an obligation to reduce the causes and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Stephen Parodi, MD, calls medical evacuees the new climate refugees in NY Times opinion piece
Physician leader Stephen Parodi, MD, writes how evacuating hospitals during wildfires is becoming an everyday reality in California – putting physicians, care team members, and patients on the front lines of climate change.
Imelda Dacones, MD, and Colin Cave, MD, call on physicians to help mitigate climate change and its health effects
Physician leaders Imelda Dacones, MD, and Colin Cave, MD, write in a recent Modern Healthcare opinion piece that physicians have a responsibility in helping to address climate change.